I'm glad to announce that all these problems have been crossed off my list. The DS Lite is simply gorgeous and the new screen makes for a whole new gaming experience. It's so bright it'll probably give me a nice tan in time for summer.

By the way. They are now in stock at the usual imports online stores. (Gotta pay a little premium)

Can you get any pictures of the little guy? Also, when are they due to hit stores in the US?

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I'll take some pictures over the weekend. Any special requests?

North America availability hasn't been officially announced yet by Nintendo. Some "insider" rumors said that it would probably be shipping to US on May 15, at the same time as New Super Mario Bros DS game. (If they stop changing the date). Take it with a grain of salt.

I'm glad to announce that all these problems have been crossed off my list. The DS Lite is simply gorgeous and the new screen makes for a whole new gaming experience. It's so bright it'll probably give me a nice tan in time for summer.

By the way. They are now in stock at the usual imports online stores. (Gotta pay a little premium)

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Congrats! I'm pretty sure that since I find the DS a bit SMALL for my hands that I will be hanging onto it for the foreseeable future. The tiny stylus kills me, too... I have to remember to order a "full sized" pen/stylus combo. I need a good new pen, anyways.

I want to get a DS to play the 'complimentary' copy of Brain Age I picked up at the Game Developers Conference... I hope we (my Brain and I) won't have to wait for too long until the DS Lite comes out in the US

ooooh... I'm waiting for mine too... Got a Crystal White one and got it only a tad bit earlier from those eBay guys than when it's back in stock in the import stores but at not that much of a difference... I can't wait.. so excited, I already got some games delivered by Amazon and no DS Lite to play it with TT_TT how sad... Stupid boyfriend is a PSP fan, he is constantly complaining "why did you get a DS, get a PSP..." but the DS Lite is even prettier than the PSP Ceramic White now And all the good games coming out... can't wait

... Can you take a picture of the stylus compare to the old stylus if you have one???

Yup. It was very informative. But after seeing this I still had some questions, mainly about the volume and sound problems of the original DS. I thought that some people might be interested to know it has been fixed and that the DS are now shipping if anybody else wanted to join the bandwagon.

oh yeah, and how much are the games in Canada? So I'll know if I should buy games when I'm back there this summer, games in Europe are so overpriced, 45 EUR for a game? that's 90 CND what a rip off... [so are Macs and any other electronic things]

Yup. It was very informative. But after seeing this I still had some questions, mainly about the volume and sound problems of the original DS. I thought that some people might be interested to know it has been fixed and that the DS are now shipping if anybody else wanted to join the bandwagon.

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Thats cool. I was just giving a heads up to the people asking for pics.

oh yeah, and how much are the games in Canada? So I'll know if I should buy games when I'm back there this summer, games in Europe are so overpriced, 45 EUR for a game? that's 90 CND what a rip off... [so are Macs and any other electronic things]

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No it isnt. 45 Euro is 62 Can $. Still too expensive, but still $30 less than your making out

but you know, when you are used to one currency you haven't help but trying to convert everything huh, isn't EUR twice CND, maybe my mother said so so I would not spend so much wow, that guy who reviewed the DS Lite is funny with the Fruit Loops/confetti thing To the OP, what colour did you get??

Thats cool. I was just giving a heads up to the people asking for pics.

So, where did you order yours from and for how much?

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I got it from LikSang… for way too much. ($200) It's worth every penny. It's going to be consderably cheaper when released states side. An estimated $145-150 when comparing Japanese price for DS Lite and Fat.

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oh yeah, and how much are the games in Canada? So I'll know if I should buy games when I'm back there this summer, games in Europe are so overpriced

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We usually get pretty decent prices for games in Canada. We're on par with US prices I think. I paid $45 (CAD) for Metroid Prime Hunters. We do have the lowest worldwide prices for iTunes song though.

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what colour did you get??

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I went for the white one. It goes so well with the rest of the Apple hardware. ^_^ The NAvy blue looks classy though and would have been my second choice.

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